ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis) (08/14/85)
Today, using either real or imaginary free will, I will try to be a
sensitive human being who has once again experienced the intrinsic weakness
of subjective perceptions.
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I, Michael Ellis hereby apologize to net.philosophy and to Rich Rosen
for recent unphilosophical, ignorant and arrogant remarks, and hereby
retract all unkind assertions concerning Rich Rosen and his
contributions to this newsgroup, which have in fact been genuinely
valuable, if sometimes obnoxious, but certainly undeserving of the abuse
I heaped.
The flaws one attributes to others are invariably those possessed by
oneself; consequently I am badly stung by my own hostile remarks towards
you, Rich. I am sorry.
Furthermore, it was pretentious and overly ambitious for someone with my
primitive level of understanding of QM to speak with such overbearing
certainty about the confusing quantum phenomena I mentioned. After all,
I am not a scientist, and many divergent philosophical interpretations
have been proposed to describe the `true reality underlying quantum
events'.
Please flame as appropriate at any of my misconceptions or sloppy
terminology, since nobody gains when falsehood stands unchallenged.
True philosophy comes from the love of wisdom, not the stupidity of anger.
-michaelrlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (08/20/85)
Apology accepted. The recent postings seemed very uncharacteristic of what I know of you as a person. For whatever reason prompted you to post what you have, it wasn't taken personally. Let's get on with the discussion. -- Life is complex. It has real and imaginary parts. Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr